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Atacamaia solitaria

Coelacanthimorpha - Coelacanthiformes - Whiteiidae

Taxonomy
Atacamaia solitaria was named by Arratia and Schultze (2015). Its type specimen is MNHN SGO.PV 288, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Quebrada Vaquillas Atlas, Domeyko Range, which is in a Sinemurian marine horizon in Chile. It is the type species of Atacamaia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Atacamaia solitaria Arratia and Schultze p. 2 figs. 1-6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
classCoelacanthimorpha
orderCoelacanthiformesBerg 1937
familyWhiteiidaeSchultze 1993
genusAtacamaia
speciessolitaria

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Atacamaia solitaria Arratia and Schultze 2015
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Early/Lower Sinemurian or 196.50000 to 189.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Sinemurian196.5 - 189.6Chile Atacamaia solitaria (type locality: 173644)